DJ 8-Ball Entertainment DJ from Hayward, CA

Specializing in 80's, 90's and early 200's R&B, Hip-Hop and Freestyle, DJ 8-Ball will make your throwback party event exactly like how it was "back in the day!" Key Titles: 1992 Disco Mixing Contest (DMC) West Coast Champion 1993 New Music Seminar (NMS) World Champion (sponsored by Supermen Inc.) Honorary member of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz Member of the Super Natural Turntable Artists Biography DJ 8-Ball was co-owner of his own mobile disc jockey group, Sound In Motion. In 1992 he won the DMC West Coast championship and represented the West Coast in the United States finals. In 1993 he was accepted into and won the New Music Seminar/Supermen Inc. DJ battle For World Supremacy. 8-Ball has been featured in many publications including the New Yorker, The Source, The Bomb and The S.F. Examiner. He has also been featured on and made guest appearances on radio stations KMEL, KZSU, KSJS and KSFS. He has also been featured on KPIX-Channel 5 TV news, all of which are major bay area stations. 8-Ball has judged several DJ battles including S.F.'s KMEL Def Jam elimination battle and the 1994 NMS/Supermen Inc. World DJ Battle. In 1995 8-Ball was sponsored to tour and perform in Tokyo, Japan by Vestax Inc. along with DJ Q-Bert and Shortkut who are also members of the world famous Invisibl Skratch Piklz. 8-Ball became the regular DJ for First Cut, a Bay Area TV show on KRON during its 1996 season. 8-Ball was featured on the 1999 Turntable TV Annual video. Also in 1999 8-ball worked with the swing-hop group Jimmy Luxury & The Tommy Rome Orchestra who is featured on Sony EPIC music label. As a member of Jimmy Luxury & Co. 8-Ball has opened for other acts such as RUN DMC, G Love & Special Sauce, Blondie and Kool Keith. Also released is the Shiggar Fraggar Show! Vol 3. A CD & video of live recorded shows from the bay area’s Pirate Radio whose stars included 8-Ball. In July 2000 in San Francisco, a historical gathering of past DJ champions was held titled Skratchcon 2000. One of the performers included 8-ball who demonstrated his now world famous “test tone scratching” techniques. Other CD releases include Turntables By The Bay Vol.2 and Skratch Attack Vol.1. 8-ball has DJ’d for Fanime 2k1, 2k2 and 2k3, the largest bay area anime convention held and opened for Scratch the Movie tour at the Fillmore in San Francisco featuring the Executioners and Mixmaster Mike. In 2006 8-ball was invited to be a special guest DJ in the Spin The Battle event, a DJ competition that was part of the Pepsi Q-Quest competition in which contestants would battle special guest DJ’s at random in specific categories. From from 2007 to 2013 8-ball was a regular DJ every Friday night at Kobe Sake’s Raw Lounge located in San Bruno, California. In 2011 DJ 8-Ball entered the DMC W. Coast DJ Battle in both the singles and teams category. He respectfully placed 3rd in singles and second place in teams. He has served as judge for the 2012, 2015 and 2016, 2019 DMC Bay Area DJ Battle and the 2016 DMC USA Finals. Other media: can also play MP4 music videos (Video DJ'ing aka VJ'ing)

• Rockit | Herbie Hancock
• Going Back to Cali | LL Cool J
• Party All the Time | Eddie Murphy
• Two of Hearts | Stacey Q
• Sally, That Gril | Gucci Crew
• Oh Sheila | Ready For the World
• Play At Your Own Risk | Planey Patrol
• Supersonic | JJ Fadd
• Electric Kingdom | Twilight 22
• The Beat Goes On | Orbit
• Diamond Girl | Nice and Wild
• Out of the Blue | Debbie Gibson
• YMCA | Village People
• Sweet Honesty | MG
• Take Me In Your Arms | Lil Suzy
• I Go To Work | Kool Moe Dee
• Lookout Weekend | Debbie Deb
• Wild Thing | Tone Loc
• Clear | Cybotron
• Endless Night | Cynthia
• Can You Feel the Beat | Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam
• Al-Naafysh | Hashim
• Give Me A Reason | Buffy
• Throw That D | 2 Live Crew
• It's Like That | RUN DMC
• Fantasy Girl | Johnny O
• Electric Avenue | Eddie Grant
• I Think We're Alone Now | Tiffany
• Only In My Dreams | Debbie Gibson
• Shake Your Love | Debbie Gibson
• Selfish | The Other Two
• Unfaithful | Full Force
• Double Dutch Bus | Frankie Smith
• Point of no Return | Expose
• Come Go With Me | Expose
• Dreamin' of Love | Stevie B
• Catch Me (I'm Falling) | Pretty Poison
• Ring 'Em | MC Hammer
• Celebration | Kool and the Gang
• It's Just Begun | Jimmy Castor Bunch
• Change on Me | Cynthia
• Looking for the Perfect Beat | Soul Sonic Force
• The Roof is On Fire | Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three
• Bust This | MC Shy D
• She's Fresh | Kool and the Gang
• No Reason to Cry | Judy Torres
• Smurf Rock | Gigolo Tony
• Funky Little Beat | Connie
• Funky Cold Medina | Tone Loc
• Rock Steady | The Whispers
• Victim of Love | Sweet Sensation
• Take it While It's Hot | Sweet Sensation
• Cool It Now | New Edition
• Billie Jean | Michael Jackson
• Apache | Incredible Bongo Band
• Inside Outside | Cover Girls
• The Creator | Pete Rock & CL Smooth
• Love Roller Coaster | Ohio Players
• Silent Morning | Noel
• Summertime Summertime | Nocera
• Dancing on the Fire | India
• Bad of the Heart | George LaMond
• My Heart Skips a Beat | Cover Girls
• Word Up | Cameo
• Ice Ice Baby | Vanilla Ice
• Never Let You Go | Sweet Sensation
• White Lines | Sugar Hill Gang
• Rock With You | Michael Jackson
• Let's Get it Started | MC Hammer
• I Wonder if I Take You Home | Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam
• Fantastic Voyage | Lakeside
• Heart of Glass | Blondie
• Hooked on You | Sweet Sensation
• Get the Party Started | Pink
• Head to Toe | Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam
• The Breaks | Kurtis Blow
• Me, Myself and I | De La Soul
• Motown Philly | Boyz to Men
• Do You Wanna Get Away | Shannon
• Mentirosa | Mellow Man Ace
• Kiss You Back | Digital Underground
• Sincerely Yours | Sweet Sensation
• Rapper's Deligh | Sugar Hill Gang
• It Takes Two | Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock
• Poison | Bel Biv Devoe
• Play The Funky Music | Wild Cherry
• Who's Johnny | El DeBarge
• Buffalo Gals | Malcolm McLaren
• Jungle Boogie | Kool and the Gang
• Rapture | Blondie
• Buffalo Stance | Neneh Cherry
• Peter Piper | RUN DMC
• Intergalactic | Beastie Boys
• Sucker MC's | RUN DMC
• 93 Till Infinity | Souls of Mischief
• C'Mon Eileen | Dexy's Midnight Riders
• Give Up The Funk | Parliament
• Rollin' With Kid N Play | Kid N Play
• I Know You Got Soul | Eric B. and Rakim
• I Ain't No Joke | Eric B. and Rakim
• Stayin Alive | Bee Gees
• Children's Story | Slick Rick
• 911 Is A joke | Public Enemy
• The Humpty Dance | Digital Underground
• Same Song | Digital Underground
• Ain't No Future In Yo Frontin | MC Breed
• Mama Said Knock You Out | LL Cool J
• Jump | Kriss Kross
• Insane In the Brain | Cypress Hill
• How I Could Just Kill A Man | Cypress Hill
• Don't Be Cruel | Bobby Brown
• Scenario | A Tribe Called Quest
• Can't Truss It | Public Enemy
• Back 2 The Hotel | N 2 Deep
• Check Yo Self | Ice Cube
• Mack of the Year | Dru Down
• The Show | Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew
• Knockin Boots | Candyman
• The Choice Is Yours | Black Sheep
• Set Adrift On Memory Bliss | PM Dawn
• If It Isn't Love | New Edition
• Too Hard For the Radio | Mac Dre
• Tennessee | Arrested Development
• Ditty | Paperboy
• Hip Hop Hooray | Naughty By Nature
• DWYCK | Gang Starr
• Tom's Diner | DNA ft. Suzanne Vega
• They Want EFX | Das EFX
• O.P.P. | Naughty By Nature
• Girl You Know It's True | Milli Vanilli
• Rock The Bells | LL Cool J
• AJ Scratch | Kurtis Blow
• Outstanding | Gap Band
• Paid In Full | Eric B. and Rakim
• Rebirth of Slick | Diggable Planets
• Call Me D-Nice | D-Nice
• Hand on the Pump | Cypress Hill
• Eric B. Is President | Eric B. and Rakim
• Award Tour | A Tribe Called Quest
• My Adidas | RUN DMC
• Strictly Business | EPMD
• Check the Rhyme | A Tribe Called Quest
• Poor Georgie | MC Lyte
• Game Recognize Game | JT The Bigga Figga
• Summertime | DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
• Oh My God | A Tribe Called Quest
• Guess Who's Back | Rakim
• Step Into A World | KRS-1
• What's Golden | Jurassic 5
• Paul Revere | Beastie Boys
• Red Red Wine | UB40
• One More Chance | Notorious B.I.G.
• Criminal Minded | Boogie Down Productions
• Top Billin | Audio Two
• People Everyday | Arrested Development
• California Love | Tupac
• I Can't Live Without My Radio | LL Cool J
• I'm Bad | LL Cool J
• The Bridge Is Over | Boogie Down Productions
• Freaks of the Industry | Digital Underground
• Bonita Applebum | A Tribe Called Quest
• Life Is Too Short | Too Short
• Dopeman | N.W.A
• Tha Block is Hot | Lil Wayne
• Lean On Me | Club Nouveau
• A Bay Bay | Hurrican Chris
• Back in the Day | Ahmad
• Bang Bang | Jessie J ft. Ariana Grande
• Big Poppa | Notorious B.I.G.
• Blow the Whistle | Too Short
• Bottoms Up | Trey Songz
• Boyz N The Hood | Eazy-E
• Brass Monkey | Beastie Boys
• Careless Whisper | Wham
• Chandelier | Sia
• Cyclone | Baby Bash ft. T-Pain
• Cyclone | Baby Bash ft. T-Pain
• Designer Music | Lipps Inc.
• Don't Stop the Rock | Freestyle
• E.T. (Futuristic Lover) | Katy Perry ft. Kanye West
• Ever Lastin' Bass | Rodney O & Joe Cooley
• Gangsta's Paradise | Coolio
• Genie In A Bottle | Christina Aguilera
• Go DJ | Lil Wayne
• Gucci Gucci | Kreayshawn
• Happy | Pharrell Williams
• Holiday Inn | Chingy ft. Ludacris and Snoop Dogg
• Holy Grail | JAy-Z and Justin Timberlak
• I Got 5 On It | Luniz
• It Was A Good Day | Ice Cube
• Jesus Walks | Kanye West
• Just A Friend | Biz Markie
• Kamikaze | MO
• Kiss Me Thru the Phone | Soulja Boy
• Lollipop | Lil Wayne
• Look at Me Now | Chris Brown ft. Busta Rhymes
• Memories | Menage
• Pass the Dutchie | Musical Youth
• Passin Me By | Pharcyde
• Planet Rock | Soul Sonic Force
• Posse On Broadway | Sir Mix-A-Lot
• Show Me | Cover Girls
• Spring Love | Stevie B
• Sprinkle Me | E-40
• True Faith | New Order
• Walk This Way | RUN DMC
• Whatever You Like | T.I.
• When I Hear Music | Debbie Deb
• Yo No Se | Pajama Party